I also have this problem, reported upsteam at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=638868
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #638868 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=638868 ** Also affects: file-roller via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=638868 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to file-roller in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/694067 Title: Archive manager won't accept files with the special character % in the name; won't say that it didn't include them -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs